NEW TECHNICAL COLLEGE, KOWLOON
Architectural Office, P.W.D.
Architect, impression of the main administration and classroom block.
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On February 21st, 1956 His Excellency facturers' Union said: "With our contri- for expansion because we look forward to the Governor, Sir Alexander Grantham laid bution and the sum to be added by seeing further additions to the College in the foundation stone of the first block of Government, there will be built the first the course of time. the Colony's new Technical College at the stage of the new College. This will com- Hunghom Reclamation. The College, when prise large block with administration completed, will accommodate about 3,500 offices, 16 classrooms, nine drawing offices, six laboratories and eight rooms for other special subjects. There is a possibility of including courses in mechanical, produc; tion and textile engineering, commercial design and industrial chemistry.
students.
Mr. Crozier in welcoming His Excellency and Lady Grantham said: "You are fully aware of the importance of technical educa- tion to the well-being of any modern indus-
"Indeed, it is our hope that the Chinese Manufacturers' Union will be in a position assist this growth by providing con- what we hope will be eventually one of the development of the finest technical colleges in the world."
tinued assistance to
trial and commercial community, and you the noisy zone of the College where there instalment of the contribution which the
have always given its development your fullest support.
"There is, moreover, a further signifi cance in this event of which Your Excel lency is well aware. It represents not only the beginning of a new and bigger Tech- nical College, but carries a step further the cooperation of industry with Government in the promotion of technical education.
"In the past, technical education has had much assistance from certain indivi- dual industrial firms, but this is the first occasion when an entire group of industries has associated itself with Government in the furtherance of industrial and commer- cial training.
"This fine example set by the Chinese Manufacturers' Union adds greatly to the importance of the occasion, and provides an added reason for our gratitude at the presence here to-day of Your Excellency and Lady Grantham.'
Mr. Hui Ngok replying on behalf of the officers and members of the Chinese Manu-
"At the other end of the site will be will be built the workshops appropriate to all the departments of the College-build ing, mechanical, electrical and textile en- gineering. The noisier laboratories will also be in this section.
"It has also been suggested that an Advisory Committee representative of the
various industrial and commercial interests for which the College will cater and on which the Chinese Manufacturers' Union would be officially and adequately repre- sented will be formed in due course to advise on the functions of the College in the light of local industrial needs.
"I think it will be agreed that, in this first stage, we have the nucleus of a very fine Technical College, worthy of Hong Kong. To this nucleus we hope to see further stages of the College added from time to time.
"We are very grateful that Government has allocated this fine site to the new College. It is central, convenient and ac- cessible and. most important, has room
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"Sir, it is my privilege to ask you to accept this cheque for $500,000 as the first
ed towards the building of the new Tech- Chinese Manufacturers' Union has promis- nical College and I have the honour to ask you, Sir, to lay the foundation stone of the first section of the College.'
His Excellency the Governor, in his re- Ply said in part.
"I thank you, Mr. Hui Ngok and through you the Chinese Manufacturers' Union, for this cheque for $500,000: the first instal- ment of the one million dollars which the Union has so generously, so very generous- ly, promised towards the building of the new Technical College.
"At the same time I congratulate the Union on their wisdom and enlightened self interest for as Mr. Hui Ngok has just in- dicated. our expanding industries require an increasingly large number of trained technicians and assistants of one kind and another, and the great majority of these must be trained here in Hong Kong.
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